How Brazil is sending 75,000 Students to the World's Best Colleges

Andrew Downie/São Paulo, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011: 

TIME MAGAZINE BUSINESS
With their economy booming, their currency at a level that makes even London prices seem cheap and their foreign policy one of the... 
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2094119,00.html#ixzz1YovP8ZIp 

Mario Guarnero: M&A

M&A Advisor: Mario Garnero to receive Lifetime Achievement Award for International Business Leadership

Press Release: Brasilinvest – Wed, Oct 10, 2012 11:26 AM EDT 

NEW YORK, Oct. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The M&A Advisor will announce today that Mario Garnero, chairman and CEO of the investment firm Brasilinvest Group, as the recipient of the 2012 M&A Advisor Lifetime Achievement Award. Mr. Garnero is to be honored ...

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/m-advisor-announces-mario-garnero-152600492.html

2012 International M&A Adviser Summit, NY

This cross-board Mergers M&A  brought together over 50 industry stalwarts and 400 guests, some world’s top dealmakers, private equity, institutional investors, legal and investment banking professionals to discuss the dynamics of Global Economics from Leading emerging markets to what is happening in Wall Street and Washington.

III Brazil Infraestructure Investments Forum

This outstanding Forum was an incredible event for foreigner investors  to understand and feel the very scenario of infrastructure in Brazil and all the fundamental projects necessary for the economical growth of the country. This third  version has deepened the debate about Brazil  showing all strategic areas, opportunities, legal environment and how a special court have been set up to analyze and approve investments in different levels.

Baker @ MacKenzie: Re-Building the Old World BRIC by BRIC

New Developments Impacting Stock Awards in Europe and Brazil/Russia/China

In order to retain essential professional employees, American multinational corporation  reward them with equity in the company. The idea is to keep those professionals who are most important to the company’s long term success as  the more equity you have and the better the company does and the better you will do.

FORBES: 4 Must Knows Before Investing in Brazil

Ricardo Geromel, Contributor Covering Billionaires with a focus on Brazil (5/31/2012 @ 11:56AM) Although only 40% of Brazil’s population is regularly connected to the Internet, Brazilians are already spending $13 Billion a year online. Unemployment is at historic lows at the same time that wages are increasing and credit is widely available.  http://www.forbes.com/sites/ricardogeromel/2012/05/31/4-must-knows-before-investing-in-brazil/

The Brazilian Economy, FGV

Despite the fall in economic activity, the labor market has been surprisingly resilient. But for how long?  Claudio Accioli and Solange Monteiro, Rio de Janeiro   A RESILIENT LABOR MARKET but low economic activity definitely do not go together, yet Brazil has been living with this situation for almost two years. http://portalibre.fgv.br/main.jsp?lumPageId=4028809A203E1B74012048F081154692&contentId=8A7C82C539D4611D0139D4BB6EFD222B

BEST INVESTMENTS IN THE WORLD: BETTING ON BRAZIL

By Ben Rooney @CNNMoneyInvest (October 15, 2012: 10:58 AM ET)
Photo: Antonio Scorza/Getty Images
New York (CNNMoney) - Brazil may not be growing the way it once was, but there are still opportunities to be had in Latin America's largest economy.
http://money.cnn.com/2012/10/15/investing/brazil/index.html

Financial Times expands in Latin America (www.ft.com)

Launches digital newspaper print site in São Paulo and Latin America mobile app
London: 2 October 2012: The Financial Times announces a significant expansion into the Latin American market today.
http://aboutus.ft.com/2012/10/02/financial-times-expands-in-latin-america/#axzz29nvmUnoE

Can the NYT succeed in Brazil? ft.com, markets, beyondbrics

October 18, 2012 9:15 by Samantha Pearson (Financial Times: www.ft.com)
Oh, how the (NY) times are a-changin’…It was not so long ago that The New York Times, like many other global news outlets, would only dedicate a few column inches to Brazil.
http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2012/10/18/can-the-nyt-succeed-in-brazil/#axzz29nol0Iqg

Say "Bom Dia" to Brazilian Businesses

Slate: By Daniel Gross|Posted Friday, June 18, 2010, at 2:48 PM ET

Their economy is strong and they"re buying U.S. Companies. "Look out for the Brazilians and the Indians," the CEO of a large Fortune 500 consumer products company told me at a lunch a few months ago. And he wasn't talking about the World Cup. He was responding to a question about where the next wave of foreign investors in U.S. assets will come from.

http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2010/06/say_bom_dia_to_brazilian_businesses.html

 

 

NY Times: Brazil Enacts Affirmative Action Law for Universities

By SIMON ROMERO,  Published: August 30, 2012

(photo by Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters)

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s government has enacted one of the Western Hemisphere’s most sweeping affirmative action laws, requiring public universities to reserve half of their admission spots for the largely poor students in the nation’s public schools and vastly increase the number of university students of African descent across the country.

universities.htmlhttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/31/world/americas/brazil-enacts-affirmative-action-law-for-